Lucky

Over at Daddy's, we know they have larger participation than we do here. Our own gcursor started a thread there called "You're fat and you're ugly and..." which received a whopping 3787 views. So what about here? What are the popular threads? The easiest way to find out is to go to the last 8 pages in the Pub and see just what got the most views. The Pub, without doubt, is the site's most popular forum page. So, here goes, not counting pinned topics: Top Threads on each page: Dental Deceit -433 views WeHo GoGo Boy -386 views Steve Jobs -358 views Amanda Knox NG -353 views Risking Everything -315 views and counting In Last 60 Minutes -296 views Yesterday, All My Troubles -281 views TopPosters Often Absent -242 views In those 8 pages, how many threads received 0 views? Well, none. But 25 threads received zero responses in the first 8 pages of threads. You can't win them all! But a topic doesn't have to be gay to get read.

And going over to Daddy's for insight is no help either. I think what we have to expect is that certain people have saintly qualities, and thus they can speak in language that only other saints can understand. Insofar as most of us are not saints, then we cannot understand it, but those who are, such as Totally Oz, have no problem understanding it. Apparently Daddy is not a saint either as he didn't get it. And, if you are wondering, I don't get it either, which will disappoint my mother if she were still alive because she was certain that I was a saint.

My backside? As in licking my ass? I think I could go for that!

It has occurred to me that I have so many threads, if I could cut down on them we might see a rise in threads by other posters. I list my occupation as "internet poster" and it is easy to see why- I post a lot. If I had fewer threads, then others could see their own threads rise to the top. So, on Monday, I plan to introduce The Lucky Reader, a thread that will appear several times a week and contain many of the news items that interest me as well as some commentary. It will even be updated as the day goes along. The Reader will have news items that I have found in my internet reading, as well as some commentary. Although I would like to publish 3 or 4 times a week, I am dependent on things happening in the news and will not post a column just to be doing so. Reader comments will be welcome. If there ultimately does not appear to be much interest, then I will throw in the towel. The Lucky Reader will be plugged at Daddy's as it will also be available as a blog. Your support and interest in it is the main thing that will make it a success of not. It's something new, something different, so I hope that it will appeal to you and at the same time take me off of the daily post leads. Tips on news items of interest to gays are welcome. The pressure will then be on you to keep the number of quality posts at MER at a high level. So, keep your eyes peeled on Monday, and hope that some things happen so the blog will contain some good stuff. Yours, Lucky

Pat Boone wore white shoes too. Does that mean he masturbated? (if you don't know who Pat Boone was, well, Google it.)

...yes,Andy Rooney. Hmmm, is that a compliment? You know, it always bothers me when someone says that I remind them of a person who is dead. Sure, they mean well. But I can't help but think that death is what comes to them when they think of me, not so much the person I am supposed to resemble. So, thanks, but no thanks. I don't need that compliment. I think I will stay around a while. (my best imitation, at least, without thinking about it more.)

I see the pix are back! If they disappear again, Perez Hilton is holding firm. Not that we need to see them, of course.

Now here's a story from the Times about how easy it is to infect your computer without your knowledge. These guys were able to redirect your advertising on your computer to an ad that made money for them. Clever, huh? From the Times: Six men, all in their 20s and early 30s, are under arrest in Estonia for what the United States attorney’s office in New York called “a massive and sophisticated Internet fraud scheme.” A Russian suspect in the case remains at large. The malicious software infected four million computers, including 500,000 in the United States, the prosecutors said. The software was so subtle that most people using an infected computer were probably unaware of it. It was a two-pronged scheme, prosecutors said. One component involved redirecting clicks on search results to sites that were controlled by the defendants. A search for “I.R.S.,” for instance, would lead a user to the Web site of the tax preparer H&R Block. The sites to which users were directed would pay the swindlers a referral fee, prosecutors said. The more traffic they could redirect, the more fees they collected. The other way the group made money, according to the indictment, was to swap legitimate online advertisements on certain Web sites with others that would generate payments for the defendants. Prosecutors said that Web sites for ESPN and The Wall Street Journal were affected — but only when viewed on the infected computers. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/technology/us-indicts-7-in-online-ad-fraud-scheme.html?ref=business

Well, it occurs to me that I post a lot. One reason is that each morning I read a slew of newspapers, all set up on my toolbar. Then, when something interests me, I want to pass it on to you. But, a lot of things interest me, so there ends up a lot of posts. Take this picture, for example: I saw it in the NY Times today, but it doesn't deserve its own thread. So, I was thinking that maybe I could do one thread a day that has my newspaper interests in it. What do you think? Here's another pic to help you mull it over: Both pics from the Times.

This was a case of you had to look fast! Groff said he wan't so concerned about the pix being on the net, but his lawyers must have been as they have disappeared.

A blurb in the Washington Post, supposedly saying how many people recommended the article, came out like this: Remains of war dead dumped in landfill 4,556 people recommend this

"We'll probably have to move this to the Politics Forum after it gets a little more visibility here." Yes, the Politics Forum, that sacred place where lofty topics are buried, where few dare to tread. We must leave the Pub for those more important topics such as Billy's dick size. (This has been a lighthearted editorial comment posted only to encourage people to visit the remote corners of the web site!)

Did you see this on the news? Scientists say they have been able to communicate with comatose patients who heretofore were though to be unable to communicate because they were totally unaware. These brain dead patients, as they have been called, showed signs of brain activity when the doctors asked them to clench a fist or wiggle their toes. Not too much in the way of communication. After all, who would settle for that? But scientists of course are not done: “Can you imagine spending years without being able to interact with anyone around you?” Cruse said. “We can ask them what it’s like to be in this condition. Do they know where they are? Do they know who is around them? What do they need?’ This will lead to very profound implications.” Other experts, while praising the research, cautioned that much more work is needed to confirm the findings and refine the technology. “Laypeople will interpret these experimental results as a clinical test, and they are not ready to be used that way,” said Nicholas D. Schiff, a neurologist at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. As many as 20,000 Americans are in a vegetative state, meaning they are alive and awake but without any apparent sense of awareness, and 100,000 to 300,000 are in a related condition known as a minimally conscious state, in which they exhibit impaired or intermittent awareness. A growing body of evidence in recent years has indicated that a significant proportion might have more awareness than had been thought. (Washingtonpost.com) Ask them what it is like? To be aware that your family surrounds you, worried sick and you cannot communicate with them? What is it like to be locked in this prison called your mind? They have to ask? What this may result in is many more families being unwilling to pull the plug because they now have the faint hope that their loved one is alive and may someday be able to communicate. If it were me, I'd say pull away.

What in the world is this country coming to? Dumping the body parts of deceased soldiers in the dump? No respect at all? All of this ceremony with the flags and the salutes is all a charade? They really just want to dump the bodies in the trash? I am aghast.

The president of Penn State has been forced out of his $620,000 a year job, and Joe Paterno denied his wish to finish out the season. His players gave him a standing ovation as he announced his departure. Wonder how big the severance packages will be.

"I read first couple of chapters of the book..." This is where I got confused. Given what you wrote, I assume that you went on to finish the book? In another thread, you mentioned how you didn't have the time to watch the Glee sex episode, but if you have time to read a book by Condi, then your priorities might be askew!

Okay, so maybe I was distracted by the nudity! Here's what I really read: Jonathan Groff is back, Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy has a date with Barry Manilow and Pete Townshend is a fan. These were among the tidbits on offer as executives, cast and crew celebrated the show's 300th musical performance on Wednesday. (October 26, 2011...I forget where I saw it now.)

At the Gay Pride parade on Sunday, in the area where I was watching, not a single person clapped as the gay mayor passed by. Palm Springs voters also voted to increase the regressive sales tax.

Actually, he revealed it two years ago as these clips are from a film he did which has not been released. In Spring Awakening he only showed his butt, in Hair he was one of the few cast members who did not get nude. He returns to Glee for its 300th episode.

Jonathan Groff, openly gay star of Broadway's Spring Awakening and many off-Broadway shows, revealed today that he does, in fact, have a penis. To prove it, he is displaying it all over the internet:

Another mystery in the case" The prosecutor who decided to not pursue sex abuse charges against former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago, despite an alleged confession, is at the center of a missing persons mystery that has enraptured middle Pennsylvania for years. Ray Gricar served as the district attorney for Pennsylvania's Centre County in 1998 when Sandusky was accused of sexually abusing several boys. After an extensive investigation, which included testimony by two law enforcement officers that they had overheard Sandusky admitting to showering with multiple young boys, Gricar decided no criminal charges would be filed, according to recent court documents. Sandusky retired the next year. Then, in April 2005, Gricar disappeared. More: D.A. Disappears

Oh, I plan to read paper books until they stop printing them. Just trying to keep all options open here.

Wow. I liked the first one- what a butt!- but the second one was good too, and just a tad cuter. Both are great dancers. Thanks, Mr. Tomcal, Sir!

Geez, this place is dead tonight. Is everyone still contemplating the success possibility of the Cain campaign?